[Assam] The Nano & not so nano stuff
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Fri Jan 11 08:20:19 PST 2008
> >BTW, how about comparing the Star hotels ... the
>hotel in Orlando (HOJO) is a 2 star hotel as rated by
>AAA
**** How about it?
Should that define the general standard of hotels and motels across
the USA? Incidentally HOJO is owned by desis if I am not mistaken.
That might explain it :-). BTW, did you report it to AAA? It does
make a difference. Once I was getting the run-around on the published
sale price and what I was being charged for a room at a national
chain rated by AAA. I paid but told the hotel clerk that I am going
straight to AAA about it. Shortly thereafter I got a call in my
room, with apologies, and a refund.
I won't try to compare the US quality of motels and hotels with
Indian ones. It will not be fair to do so. But when an Indian hotel
charges prices like US hotels, you would expect it , at the very
least, to have similar amenities, even though it could reasonably be
argued that that they ought to be much better, considering what that
amount of Rupees can buy in the local marketplace.
At 8:07 AM -0800 1/11/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
>The question of comparision does not arise because you
>DO NOT find a $30 hotel in major US city that too near
>airport. To compare you will first need to find one
>such hotel
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>BTW, how about comparing the Star hotels ... the
>hotel in Orlando (HOJO) is a 2 star hotel as rated by
>AAA
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>>>To compare the quality of $ 30 hotels in the USA
>>>where the minimum
>>>wage is $ 6.55 per hour with those in India for the
>>>same amount is
>>>quite an interesting tactic.
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>At 6:57 AM -0800 1/11/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty
>wrote:
>>Chennai airport is definitely great and so is Mumbai
>>Domestic (not international) which was upgraded about
>>2 years back.
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>>In Cal airport, the airport condition is definitely
>>not upto mark and even locals do not venture out at
>>night. You took a risk venturing out even in Pre-Paid
>>taxi.
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>>As far as the hotel goes, for $30 a night (INR 1200)
>>you cannot even expect a "Gohali" in ANY major city
>in
>>US and Bed Bugs are common in Luxury hotels in NY
>>too.
>>Just check travelocity and you will see how the Star
>>hotels fare in US.
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>>My experience a couple of years back in a Hojo in
>>Orlando was unclean room, leaking toilet ceiling.
>>When complained to Hojo the response was ..... our
>>hotels are operated by local frainchise and we have
>no
>>control !!
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